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ArticleBMJ open2018

Global prevalence and incidence of surgical site infections after appendectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol.

Celestin Danwang, Temgoua Ngou Mazou, Joel Noutakdie Tochie, Rolf Nyah Tuku Nzalie, Jean Joel Bigna

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Article in BMJ open, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Celestin DanwangDepartment of Surgery and Specialties, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon.ORCID 0000-0002-7976-4331
Temgoua Ngou MazouDepartment of Internal Medicine and Specialties, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Joel Noutakdie TochieDepartment of Surgery and Specialties, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon.ORCID 0000-0002-8338-2467
Rolf Nyah Tuku NzalieDepartment of Internal Medicine, Ngong District Hospital, Ngong, Cameroon.
Jean Joel BignaDepartment of Epidemiology and Public Health, Centre Pasteur of Cameroon, Yaoundé, Cameroon.ORCID 0000-0001-8018-6279
Université de Yaoundé I · CMUniversité Paris-Sud · FR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionAcute appendicitis is a surgical emergency and the most frequent aetiology of acute surgical abdominal pain in developed countries. Universally, its widely approved treatment is appendectomy. Like all surgical procedures, appendectomy can be associated with many complications among which are surgical site infections (SSIs).Despite the increasing number of appendectomies done around the world and the associated morbidities related to SSI after appendectomy, there is still scarcity of data concerning the global epidemiology of SSI after appendectomy. The current review aims at providing a summary of the published data on epidemiology of SSI after appendectomy. METHODS AND

designWe will include randomised controlled trials, cohort studies, case-control and cross-sectional studies. Electronic databases including Embase, MEDLINE and ISI Web of Science (Science Citation Index) will be searched for relevant abstracts of studies published between 1 January 2000 and 30 December 2017, without language restriction. The review will be reported according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. After screening of abstracts, study selection, data extraction and assessment of risk of bias, we shall assess the studies individually for clinical and statistical heterogeneity. Appropriate meta-analytic techniques will then be used to pool studies judged to be clinically homogenous. Visual inspection of funnel plots and Egger's test will be used to detect publication bias. Results will be presented by country and continent. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: Since primary data are not collected in this study, ethical approval is not required. This review is expected to provide relevant data to help in quantifying the global burden of SSI after appendectomy. The final report will be published in a peer-reviewed journal. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: CRD42017075257.

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AppendectomySurgical Wound InfectionHumansIncidenceMeta-Analysis as TopicPrevalenceSystematic Reviews as Topicappendectomyincidenceprevalencesurgical site infection

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